SaPTUMBCE 2, 1009. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



35 



Fall Bulbs 



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New Tariff Prices 



Per ino 1000 



Paper White Grandiflora Narcissus 



1:; eeniimeti rs ai'rt ovor. ^iue &* nn ffn Afl 

 bulbs. 5000 at $.S rnj ptr 1000 ^ l.wU ^3.UU 



Chinese Lilies 32.00 



I'.askci.ao bulnK. »i.ift; 120 bulbs. $1.50. 



f reesias, Pure White .90 7.50 



'•2-inch au(l up H rinuda growu and 

 superior to the Frcii h or the Caliioriiiu. 



Lilium Candidum 5.50 50.00 



Kxtra <iu»biy 



Lilium formosum, 7/9 7.00 65.00 



Lilium Harri^ii, 5/7 4.00 38.00 



Callas, fine bulbs 7.00 60.00 



Oxalis (Bermuda Buttercup) .75 6.00 

 Mastica, for glazing — 



Per qt., $0.35 ; per gal., 1.25 

 Mastica Machine 1.25 



Mushroom Spawn The best ED^ilish miHtraok 



10 lbs. .75 



25 lbs. 1.50 



100 lbs. 6.00 



New Crop Pansy Seed— 



.rohnson'a Famous Prize Winners. 



Thr- n eHi (Jmiii ft aiii (itT n d in ih tiadc. 



1000 seeds, $0.30; 2000 seeds, .50 

 5000 seeds, 1.00; per oz., 5.00 



DUTCH BULBS READY 



Write lor Wliolesale Cataloeue 



Johnson Seed Co. 



217 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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omer is always pleased and satisfied. He 

 ahvaya gets growth and blooms.. 



Improvements to be Desired. 



speaking from tlio faneier.s' stand- 

 point, we still have some improvements to 

 desire and look forward to in color, size 

 and form. For instance, we have no 

 large, widely opened white, hlue or yel- 

 low. In pink wo have Americii, wliieh is 

 ^vell nigh perfect, and in red we have 

 .Mrs. King, I'rinceps, and several otliers 

 <if large size, perfect color and beautiful, 

 \\ido-open phape. But in white the best 

 we, can ofi'er as yet are Augusta and 

 Snowbank, both of which are compara- 

 liveiy small. In yellow, the situation is 

 still worse, ns we iiave oidy Isatic Bu- 

 <-hanan and Canary Bird in bright, clear 

 yellow, and both are .small. 



It seems to me that the great need 

 now is for whites and yellows etjual in 

 >'i7.o, shape and vigor to America and 

 -Mrs. King. I suppose they will come in 

 time, but we all ought to hurry that time 

 if wo possibly can. 



How to Get Needed Colors. 

 It ifl my impression that it can best be 

 'lone by intelligent, paiiustaking and sci- 

 I'Utifie hand hybridizing, using our best 

 and most vigorous pinks for the mother 

 plant and crossing witli our best yellows 

 and whites. I understand there is al- 

 iiTidv one man in this st;it>' who has been 



Rawsoo's New Pink Beauty Lapine 



Should now be sown for an early fall crop in the hot- 

 hou^e. It has proven one of the most profitable crops 

 during the lat*t seapon and must be conbidered one of 

 the best novelties of recent years. 



Per oz 30c 4 oz $1.00 



W. W. RAWSON S CO., Seedsmen 



6 UNION ST., BOSTON, MASS. 



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can only be produced from the Giant Strains. Our CHALLEnGR PANHT 

 seed contains only the Biauit H>-lf colors, the Klant striped and variecated 

 and the ci&nt blotobed, all carefudy mixed in proportion. You could not buy 

 better fieed it you paid $iuO.OO per ounce. 



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We aloo offer pansy seed in separate colors. 



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Write for siiecial price and catalogue, a 



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ARTHUR T. B0DOIN6T0N, Seedsman, "uTrsV. New York City _ 



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BULBS and PLANTS 



AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, 31 Barclay St., or P. 0. Box 752, NEW YORK 



for Florists' forcinR: Azaleas. Roses. Palms, etc. 

 Romans. Vallpys, Lilies, etc., imported to order 

 Summer and Pall 1909 delivery: address 



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OUR SPECIALTY 



Next fall will be 



Lyoorie Squamleera (Amaryllis Hallil). 



Home.crown Lillums. 



All varietiea of German and Japan Iris. 



Write for prices. 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Floral Pari N. Y. 



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RUSCONliu' BULBS 



CIGANTEUM and AURATUM 



Valley Flps, all cold atorace 

 8KK08 AND rLORISTS' 8UPPUKS 



Money-savinK price lists- Free. 



■ nUOuUllly CINCIMMATI. o. 



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working along that line for several years, 

 C;. L. Goodrich, of Luther, Iowa, and 

 •some of the flowers resulting from these 

 crosses, especially-^from the second and 

 third crosses of line breeding, are really 

 wonderful. He is an am.ateur grower and 

 his work is little known, but it seems to 

 me that he is on the right track and that 

 he is getting nearer to what is needed 

 than any of us professionals. 



There is also a distinct need of a 

 striped type of large size and showing 

 delicate shadings and combinations of 

 pink and wliile. So far as 1 know, there 

 is no commercial sort of this description, 

 but such a one would be very useful. Eu- 

 gene Scribe has very nearly the color I 

 mean and is of good" form, but is entirely 

 too small. If we could get that color and 

 form combined with the size of Princeps 

 or IMrs. King, we would have a flower of 

 great v.tIuc. 





6UHT PANSY SliS 



Ihe KENILWORTH strain 



Ik unsurpassed the Immense flowers ot Shi to i 

 inches are of perfect foim and substance; every 

 tint and shade is pr< duced in striking: combina- 

 tion and endless variation of beautiful colors 

 and markiuKH: it is the result of years of selec- 

 tion; it embraces the largest and best of Engl sb. 

 Krencb. German and American tmvelties; 

 1909 seed greatly improved by rich 

 of brown bronze, red and mabogany. 

 seed: 1000. 25c: 2000, 40c; 6000, II; H 

 $1.40: >2-oz.. t2.50: oz . $v 



BAIMBOW is a blend of over 

 50 of the latef>t intrndm tlons of 

 Riant pansies of the mont beauti- 

 ful gorgeous colors, blotched, 

 striped, veined, margined, 

 etc With every $1 00 worth 

 of Keniiwcirth strain. I will 

 send I' 00 of Rainbow free; 

 and with o'her amounts 

 in like proportion. 



WARD'S LILY BULBS 



Not Ho\7 Cheap, 

 But How Good. 



RALPH M. WARD & CO. 



12 W. Broadway, NEW YORK 



Admonition to Growers. 



In conclusion I wish to urge all who 

 grow and sell gladiolus bulbs to strin- 

 gently weed out and throw away the poor 

 sorts. I know it takes nerve to pull up 

 ;nid throw away a third or a half of a 

 fairly good nii.xture, but it is almost a 

 crime to allow these trashy sorts of doubt- 

 ful color and small size to creep in. Often 

 they increase much faster than the better 

 ones :uid causo disappointment to the 

 buyer. 



